1.   Also, the balance of political forces has resulted in the current policy compromise.

2.   But this is Washington, a town where the display of a statue can summon robust political forces on both sides.

3.   By and large the Nonconformist churches supported the war, destroying themselves as a significant political force in the process.

4.   I now turn to the question of social collectivities and political forces.

5.   Instead of becoming a unified political force dedicated to raising professional standards, black deejays remained unorganized and unfocused.

6.   It stems partly from a failure to understand fundamentalism as a modern political force right across the world.

7.   Labour, vilified as likely to spoil the Tory prosperity, remained a weak and uninspiring political force.

8.   Law was a highly efficient, rather unimaginative, detailed administrator, given political force by a strong sense of partisan combativeness.

9.   The alarmist tone further illustrates that even in exile, Salinas remains a potent political force here.